Reviews – entssouthwales

Flashback Friday: Chas & Dave, The Riverfront, Newport (April 16, 2011)

Two years ago this week, we lost the musician Chas Hodges, in tribute to Chas, Andy Howells revisits his 2011 review of Chas & Dave’s Farewell Concert at Newport’s Riverfront Theatre.

Flashback Friday: The Bootleg Beatles, St David’s Hall, Cardiff (December 2011)

Flashback Friday returns with a series of reviews from previous years celebrating the best in live music and theatre. If you remember attending any of the shows please send us your memories.

New Release: So Little Time by Comino

So Little Time is the new release from Comino, a collaborative collection of musicians fronted by South Wales born singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Darren Evans.

New Release: Anyone But You by Anana Kaye & Rosemary Fossee

Indie Alt-Americana duo Anana Kaye and Irakli Gabriel have followed up their recent cover of Bob Dylan’s Senor with a duet recorded with friend, singer/songwriter and actress, Rosemary Fossee.

Review: Cilla Black – Sweet Inspiration / Images (Expanded Edition, SFE Records)

Andy Howells reviews expanded editions of Cilla Black’s albums Sweet Inspiration and Images available from Cherry Red.

Flashback Friday: Five Times South Wales Theatres Hosted Great Ballet (2008-2019)

This week’s Flashback Friday features five trips to the ballet, a dance medium I have come to appreciate and enjoy as a reviewer over the last two decades. Ballet is a wondrous and beautiful expression of dance. It can be dramatic and powerful as it can be carefree and blissful, but it is always powerful and relevant.

Listening In: Curious Under The Stars: Things of Stone, BBC Sounds

Andy Howells listens in to Series 10 of Curious Under The Stars, the comedy/drama series set in the fantastical Welsh village of Glan Don starring Emma Sidi, Ifan Huw Dafydd and Richard Elis.